1. High Quality Head Start Programs giving children a learning foundation to build upon

2. Career Training - Turn our schools into career training centers for the jobs of the future instead of frustrating our youth with high stakes testing

3. Mentoring Programs - Every student is assigned a mentor in a career field they are interested in so they know someone cares. Also, former and present sports stars adopting a school to mentor the students

4. High Quality After School Programs

5. Dialogue with the Police, The Police are Your Friend Program

6. Sensible gun control laws

7. Free mental health and counseling programs

8. Increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour - people working full time should not live in poverty

9. Rebuild our communities which would provide much needed jobs so people can live with dignity